Men nest too...

I've always heard about women nesting during pregnancy, what I hadn't known about was that men also nest. This became apparent the other weekend! Upon purchasing a cot from eBay and collecting it, Luke decided that this meant he must suddenly paint the nursery so that he could set up the cot. A trip to Masters and the paint colour was selected, I was kicked out of the house and Luke started painting. After 5 days of painting and re painting (just a little bit of Mr Perfectionist wanting to get everything absolutely right for his little girl!) the room is starting to take shape.

However this was just the start of the daddy instinct kicking in! A trip to baby bunting and it was Luke asking all of the questions about prams and capsules, making me then test out every capsule to work out which one would be the easiest to get out of the car.

He event spent a Saturday morning calling 5 baby stores to find out if we could get an adapter to fit the capsule we'd bought and the pram we were wanting to buy.

I'm certainly not complaining, it's nice to have a partner showing this much interest in the pregnancy and his little bub!

Baby moon!!

Luke and I have decided to make the most of our time whilst bub is still in belly so we've used the Easter break to take off to WA to have some well deserved down time. Travelling whilst pregnant certainly does have its challenges though! I used to love flying, now a 4 hour flight was a struggle, my back was killing and being seated in a window seat is no good for the frequent trips to the toilet (must make sure I get an aisle seat on the way home). Our 4 hour flight was then met by a 4 1/2 hour car drive down one of the most boring roads ever with stops required at every petrol station because my attempt to stay more hydrated and drink more water just means needing to pee every 5 minutes. After a long day of travel we arrived in Albany where we are staying with some of Luke's friends for a few days before we head off to the Margaret River for some time to ourselves. 

Staying with friends with 2 small children is certainly giving us a taste of what our life is soon to become! Whilst I'm excited to become a mum and meet our little girl, definitely need to make the most of life for the next 16 weeks!

Which one is harder?

As I was spectating Melbourne Ironman yesterday I found myself wondering which is harder, having a baby or completing an Ironman?

Both involve 9 months of training with no drinking and partying, however in training for an Ironman over the course of 9 months you lose weight and gain extreme fitness. In the 9 months of pregnancy you gain weight and lose all your fitness. You then arrive at the day of days, one has a definite start time where a gun goes off and away you go, knowing what you are capable of and having a rough idea of how long you will endure the torture for. The other arrives with no warning and you have no idea how much pain you are in for nor how long you will endure this pain for. At the end of an Ironman you can finally rest and go back to drinking and partying, knowing that you have achieved something pretty amazing. After childbirth you have achieved something even more amazing by bringing a new life into the world, but your days of rest, relaxation and partying are long gone!!

Baking more than just the bun in my oven!

I had a sudden urge to do some baking tonight, has been a very long time since I baked some tasty treats and decided that bub and I needed some home baked healthy goodness for morning snacks. So as I sit here writing this I have a batch of raspberry and bran muffins cooking nicely in the oven (whilst bub is cooking nicely in my oven!)

Whilst whipping up the muffins, Luke pipes up from the couch 'I can't wait for you to go on maternity leave, I'm going to come home to amazing dinners every night.' He's dreaming!! Most women I know with new borns are lucky enough to manage to have a shower long enough to wash their hair, yet he thinks he's coming home to a gourmet meal each night. I think he believes that babies just miraculously sleep all day and that I'll have plenty of time to cook gourmet meals, clean the house and do mountains of laundry. Anyone with a new born that might want to share with him what the day in the life of a new mum looks like? If I do manage to get some time to myself it will be spent whipping my body back into shape not whipping up gourmet dinners!

Bub craves carbs!!

I think my bub is going to come out looking like a potato, she sure does seem to love her spuds! Any type of spud, though it seems the more fattening the better. Spud bar, chip, wedges and potato gems seem to be her favourite though, and what my little bub wants she gets. Hope she appreciates that mummy is ruining her usually fit physique to ensure she gets her daily spud craving satisfied. Funnily enough when I log into my 'What to Expect' app this week it tells me that bub is now the size of a sweet potato, pretty fitting really!

Decisions, Decisions...

Once upon a time I would be researching new bikes to buy now I find myself spending hours working out what pram to buy. At least with bikes it's pretty simple, they all have 2 wheels, they all pretty much do the same thing it's just a matter of what brand you want and how much you're willing to pay and really there are only a few big brands out there to choose from.

Prams are a whole different story. Firstly I find myself torn between buying a running pram versus a standard pram, then for each of these choices there seem to be 100 different prams, varying levels of prices and a million different colours. Even buying an apartment wasn't so difficult! I looked at 4 in one day, made an offer on one and 4 weeks later moved in. I've been researching prams for 4 weeks and am still no closer to making any kind of decision. Any recommendations???

Morning sickness is a bitch

Morning sickness or should I call it morning, afternoon and evening sickness has probably got to be the worst thing about pregnancy. For those people lucky enough to never experience it, I hate you (sorry that's the hormones talking). I was in a constant state of feeling nauseous for the majority of the first trimester spending all afternoon and evening feeling like I was going to puke. As I progressed into the 2nd trimester I started to feel better and was hoping that the morning sickness monster was finally losing its powers and then wham! As I approach my 17th week the morning sickness monster has decided to attack me again, this time far worse than before. Got to love almost throwing up on a colleagues desk at work or whilst trying to do Pilates. Looks like it's back to dry toast and lemonade icy poles, funny that my never fail hangover cure also seems to help with my morning sickness!